January Report Card

Happy final day of January! This month really flew by! I can't believe we are already a full month into 2017.

Today's topic for Tuesdays on the Run is Give your running month a letter grade. Using that as inspiration, I decided to do a monthly report card to check in on my 2017 Goals.

General Running/Training (25%): A-

I don't think I skipped any runs this month. I finished a Nike+ Running program and then moved into Ultra Training. While I feel like I did really good on most of my runs, there were a couple that I could have pushed a little harder and I think I skipped at least one strength workout (hence the minus).

Run at least 600 Miles (20%): A-

This goal breaks down to about 50 miles a month. I fell just shy of this with only 49.19 miles. What the what?! How did I miss 50 miles by such a marginal amount? I'm sure I'll easily make this deficit up during ultra training, so it's too early in the year to worry about it.

Be More Active in the Local Running Community (20%): D

While I didn't go on any group runs or do any volunteering, I did participate in a couple discussions in a local Facebook group. It's not much, but it's enough to save me from a full on F with this goal. 😉

{optional} Hike the Grand Canyon R2R2R (5%): B+

In order to prepare for this goal, I decided to tackle a 55k. I'm giving myself a B+ for this goal because I should have started preparing at least a couple of weeks earlier.

Clean It Out, Use It Up (10%): A

I didn't miss a single week! And I discovered some delicious new recipes.

12 Trails of 2017 (10%): A

We waited until the last weekend of the month, but we found a new trail!

Current Events Night (10%): A

Again, we waited until the final week, but we did set aside one night this month to talk about current events.  Our conversation started with some of Trump's executive orders moved to the fate of the Affordable Care Act (as we see it) and finished with the Women's March.

Jeff found this response to a social media post that was floating around after the march. I'll admit that I'm pretty apathetic about politics and social issues. I didn't march. I didn't even realize there was a march until it was already happening. I probably would have agreed (to a degree) to the posts on social media that she's responding to.

But after reading this response... Wow! I really want to become more involved!! You should really read the whole response, but here are the 2 biggest things that were real OMG realizations to me.

1. [Women] still have to pay taxes for [their] basic sanitary needs. I don't think it ever occurred to me before that I had to pay taxes for such items, but now that I know, C'mon! Seriously?!
2. The United States ranks at 45 for women’s equality. Behind Rwanda, Cuba, Philippines, Jamaica. Seriously?! Behind Rwanda? RWANDA?!? OMG!

I'll stop there. It just gets me all fired up. Now to actually become more active about it - instead of letting others do all the work.

Final Grade for January: B+

That one D really hurt me this month. So, now I know where my weakness lies. Or maybe I knew that already. LOL.

How was your January?
Still on track with your 2017 goals?
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Be sure to pop over to our hosts Marcia, Patty, and Erika to see how everyone else fared this month.